Chapter 68: Temporary Stability
Before the Spring Festival, the rewards in the palace came down, and the good seeds offered by Chen Chen were verified after a year, and the rare harvest finally eased the grim situation on Emperor Jiang's side, and the imperial court also gave the already empty treasury a little foundation because of taxes, and even the threat of foreign countries gradually subsided!
The impact of the climate was not only on the imperial dynasty, but also on the steppes of the Turkic people, who lived by grazing, the disasters were even more severe, the rivers dried up, the steppes were barren, livestock were slaughtered in large numbers, the fighting was fierce, and the tourists died in large numbers!
There is more than one tribe on the grassland, and the competition for grain and grass and water between the big tribes has caused countless small tribes and tourists to attract disasters, and there are constant conflicts on the border with the dynasty, but fortunately, Emperor Jiang has been under pressure for a long time, and those tribal leaders are also troubled by internal and external troubles, and they are temporarily unable to tear their faces with the dynasty. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info
Emperor Jiang is also quite tolerant of grassland tourists, some tourists who really can't survive cross the border to the land of the dynasty to beg for a living, also received some courtesy, this measure has attracted a lot of tourists to come, those villages that have been vacant because of the famine can just accommodate them, with the population, the tax will increase significantly, this New Year, the atmosphere in the palace is a lot more relaxed, if there is no major change in the coming year, a few years later, the number of the dynasty will rise again!
However, Chen Chen is not very optimistic, this evolution, because of his own variable, has made life on the human side a lot better, but the pace of its evolution is not something that Chen Chen can change, but at the moment, this pace is basically stable.
In a year, five months of time are heavy snowfall, cold winter, as soon as the winter ends, the spring is compressed to a month of time, this is the time for people to cultivate seedlings and sow seeds, if not in time to complete in this month, when the summer comes, even if Chen Chen has crossed the good seed under the ground there is no three-percent survival rate, five months of summer is the period of crop growth, they have adapted to the high temperature and drought they can be very good in this period of time to mature, although the growth time has been extended, but the root system is abnormally developed they can desperately accumulate the amount of water they need to grow in the few precipitation in the summer, enough for them to last until the moment of the fall harvest!
In the same short autumn, which is only one month, is the time of harvest, during which the peasants not only have to harvest the crops in the field, but also quickly dry the dehydrated grain in bags and seal it, and give some of it to the officials who come to collect taxes, and some of it is moved into their own cellars for preservation, which is the family's ration for a year!
The first month of winter is not too cold, people who are busy with the autumn harvest can go to the county town to buy some winter items for their families, and some people sell the fine grains that their families are reluctant to eat, and get the silver two rich and empty family funds!
This year finally has a good harvest, there are already some people who are frightened by the hard days are like rats, desperately enriching their own family foundation, you must know that next year's good seeds will no longer be distributed for free, you have to go to the yamen to buy them uniformly, but this time to buy in your hand is no longer a grain of good seeds but a green seedling, breeding is also a technical work, the survival rate of seedlings also needs to be improved, rather than let them slowly explore, it is better for Chen Chen to replace it, although it is better to teach people to fish than to teach people to fish, but at this juncture, every good seed is not allowed to be wasted!
Taoyuan Village produced it must be a high-quality product, as soon as the time for sowing in March comes, Taoyuan Village and outside are busy with their feet not touching the ground, the crops in the village greenhouse have been planted early in the morning, and now everyone is in the second village of the trading street to divide seedlings and livestock cubs!
Zhen Yingjia and the Wang family also came to Taoyuan Village with Xiaobaoyu in their arms today, everyone's life has not been very good in the past few years, and the famine has been going on for so many years, and the landlord's family has no surplus food! Zhen Mansion is still living with Chen Chen's help, but it is still a big step down compared to the previous luxury!
However, because of this, the relationship between the people of the Zhen Mansion and the Jia Mansion has also become closer, and the status of the Red Hearts and the Wang Family has also risen a lot, and even the Wang family, who has always been above the top, has to go to the Wang family's concubine from time to time to sell a smile and beat the autumn breeze, and they are also much more polite to the Wang family's aunt!
No way, life is not good, the field has not produced much grain for several years, the merchant has limited grain storage, even if the grain is sold at a high price, it can not bear it, only can not go in, for a period of time it is really impossible to buy food with silver, the greenhouse in Taoyuan Village They look at the hot eyes, get it together, the harvest is like that, there is no water, people have to die of thirst, not to mention the crops!
However, last year's harvest was not bad, how could there be a 500 catties of grain per acre of land, although it was not as good as that of Taoyuan Village, but it was much better than before!
Zhen Yingjia also brought some of the village heads under his hands this time, after all, the seedlings in Taoyuan Village are in short supply, and it is much more convenient for him to go through the back door!
In the era of the supremacy of imperial power, it is not a good thing that personal reputation is too high, just like this time, all the people in the world are grateful for the wise and martial Emperor Jiang, Chen Chen is just a passing name, although there are a lot of rewards in secret, but the heaven-given good seed is the true dragon son of Emperor Jiang, in addition to the people around Taoyuan Village, Chen Chen is still very low-key!
"Big brother!" Zhen Yingjia said with a smile, "I haven't seen my eldest brother for a long time, and the village is getting better and better!"
"It's just a little bit of seedlings and livestock to send someone here, why bother with you coming in person!" Chen Chen said disapprovingly, and instead looked at Zhen Baoyu and praised with a smile, "Seeing that this child Baoyu has grown up a lot, the last time we met, it only reached my thighs, but now it has reached my waist, this little guy is growing too fast!"
"No, this kid is very strong, like a cow, and he can't stay in the winter, and he can't be happy until he rolls in the snow a few times!
"That's Baoyu's good health!" Chen Chen looked at the little guy with a tiger head and said with a smile, "Don't say that Baoyu is not afraid of the cold, even the chain is like this, it is said that it is because last year's winter was not very cold, the house is too hot to stay, and from time to time I have to go out to breathe, and I haven't sat down in winter!"
Evolution is not only for the land, climate, species is also the key! Chen Chen found early on that the physical fitness of human beings has been strengthened a lot, and it is easier to adapt to changes in the climate and environment, the younger the strength, the greater the strength, these children have been able to adapt well to their own living environment, and under the condition of survival of the fittest, all the surviving human beings have passed the first stage of the test!
"But no! I also feel that last winter's winter was not as cold as in previous years, in the past winter, I couldn't even go out at all, and I had to wear thick cotton clothes to stay in the house where the dragon fire pit was burning!
"That's right!" Chen Chen replied with a smile!
After chatting for a while, the Wang family led Xiao Baoyu, who was clamoring to find his cousin, to find Jia Lian, leaving Chen Chen and Zhen Yingjia to talk about business!
"The emperor's meaning is obvious, the grassland has always been not productive, even if they are given good seeds, it is not good to serve, the tribes are constantly fighting, I am afraid that it is not very feasible to calm down and farm the land! But it is also given a batch of good seeds, and the other party has also sent a lot of livestock and minerals over, which can be regarded as an exchange!" Zhen Yingjia talked about diplomacy casually, "But in this way, the border is temporarily stable!"
"What about those tourists? The Turks didn't say anything?" Chen Chen asked after thinking for a moment!
"Say it's not restricted! If you want to go, you can stay with them! The tourists are not tribesmen, and they can't talk about defecting and escaping, so they just turn a blind eye and let them go!" Zhen Yingjia replied, "Now that they have something to ask for, they will naturally rein in their hands and feet, and fortunately, your good seed appeared in time, otherwise those Turkic people will definitely enter the dynasty in one fell swoop this year, and people are hungry, and there is nothing that can be done!"
"The food crisis is a temporary solution, although people can't eat enough, they can't starve to death, and the cultivation of improved seeds has given them hope, and they will naturally not think about the matter of fish dying and the net is broken, and it will take at least five to ten years to recover, and the danger of war will not appear!" Chen Chen said heavily, "I just hope that God can keep it for the time being, if this day is in difficulty, it really can't go on!"